I know this will come as a COMPLETE shock to some of you, but I’ve thrown in the towel on traditional scrapbooking. I am completely IN LOVE with Adobe Photoshop so I’m going to try to scrapbook pages digitally (plus, I find it WAY easier to find a few minutes to “scrap” on the computer than I do hauling out all my paper materials…I think sorting through hard copies of photos is the hardest part of getting motivated).
Anyway, here are my first attempts. These are along the same lines as my paper scrapbook pages, basically photos with some titles and …
Month: August 2009
Carson's 4mo appointment
Carson’s 4-mo doctor’s appointment/check-up was today.
Everything is great. Meeting all the milestones he’s supposed to.
However, he is only 15.6 lbs (50-something percentile, down from the 100-percentile when he was born). They aren’t worried about it, and the pediatrician even pulled up Mallory’s growth chart and surprisingly her weight leveled off at her 4-mo appointment too – and then it shot back up at her 6-mo appt.
So he’s thinning out. But he’s still “growing” – to the tune of 4.5 inches in 4 months.
ETA: Mallory gained 5lbs in her first 4 months, and also grew 4.5″ in 4 months. They must …
I can't because you are a boy
Overheard this morning while I was talking to Rick on the phone.
MCB: “Dad. Dad? Hey DAD! Do you want me to do you a punytail (ponytail)?”
RB: “Um, OK.”
MCB: “Daddy, do you want me to do you TWO punytails?”
RB: “Um, OK.”
Me, via phone to RB: “Ask her if she can give you curls.”
RB: “Mallory, can I have some curls?”
MCB: “No I can’t because you are a boy.”
I am not a pizza!
I was calling everyone their name with “-roni” at the end this morning…Malloroni, Carsaroni, Momma-roni, Dad-aroni.
Mallory said “STOP THAT. I am not a PIZZA!”
Oh, and last night she found a small baggie with pretzels in it – she brought it outside and said “I need to eat these pretzels to feel better” (because she’d been in meltdown for about 14 minutes).
My sweet boy is back
Man – we had a rough couple of nights. I didn’t sleep at all Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights. Carson was up and pretty inconsolable almost all night those nights.
On Friday morning we got to daycare and realized he was burning up (I wrote about the 101.8F fever) so I brought him home with me and made an appointment with the doctor for that afternoon. He got diagnosed with croup (was/is going around his classroom) and they gave him a steroid shot to help calm down the swelling in this windpipes. Then he hardly slept at all – …
Discovery Channel
Rick finally found a camping buddy.
Rick & Mallory had an overnight in the backyard this past weekend. We did a bonfire with smores (that only I ate…Rick tried to roast chocolate on a graham cracker and Mallory just ate the chocolate). But we did sparklers and just hung out. It was way fun.
Mallory actually lasted all night in the tent. More power to her. ;-)
Big & Little
What you don’t see in these pictures is Mallory on purpose falling backwards. So she is the big STINKER, not big SISTER.
Wardrobe: Mallory’s shirt courtesy of Alli’s mom; Carson’s shirt, courtesy of Kyle, Ryan, Brooke & Jack’s mom
Miss Sassy Pants, part 8,341
No joke – this stuff came out of Mallory’s mouth this weekend:
Trying to get Rick’s attention – and Rick wasn’t responding. Mallory said “do you hear my voice?”
And then when he still wasn’t responding, I told Mallory to tell dad that she was going to count to three. So Mallory said “Hey Dad – I’m going to count to three. One…two…GO!!!”, while she was pointing. Can you tell we always try some other motivation with Mallory before we actually get to three?
Friday night I asked Mallory to grab me a beer, which she did. Then Rick asked her …
Carson telling us about his day
I guess watching this, it’s easy to see where Mallory got “…and what else?”